rear

(noun) the back of a military formation or procession. Examples: "Infantrymen were in the rear."

(noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front. Synonyms: backside, back end. Examples: "His room was toward the rear of the hotel."

(noun) the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer. Synonyms: back. Examples: "He stood at the back of the stage." "It was hidden in the rear of the store."

(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. Synonyms: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass. Examples: "He deserves a good kick in the butt." "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?."

(noun) the side that goes last or is not normally seen. Synonyms: back. Examples: "He wrote the date on the back of the photograph."

(verb) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds. Synonyms: rise up. Examples: "The horse reared in terror."

(verb) bring up. Synonyms: raise, bring up, nurture, parent. Examples: "Raise a family." "Bring up children."

(verb) rise up. Synonyms: rise, lift. Examples: "The building rose before them."

(verb) cause to rise up. Synonyms: erect.

(verb) construct, build, or erect. Synonyms: raise, erect, set up, put up. Examples: "Raise a barn."

(adj) located in or toward the back or rear. Synonyms: rear(prenominal), rearward(prenominal). Examples: "The chair's rear legs." "The rear door of the plane." "On the rearward side."